Carlos: The Santana Journey review – profile of guitar hero very much in control
Santana comes across pretty well, if clearly in charge of his image, but Rudy Valdez’s film feels a bit like a Wikipedia entry with added pictures
March 2023
Wayne Shorter, icon of jazz saxophone, dies aged 89
Composer and performer traversed numerous phases of jazz history, and fused his playing with the likes of Miles Davis, Joni Mitchell and Carlos Santana
July 2022
Carlos Santana recovers after onstage collapse in Detroit
74-year-old guitarist says he ‘forgot to eat and drink water so dehydrated and passed out’
January 2022
Lost footage of Rolling Stones at notorious Altamont festival uncovered
Carlos Santana, Jefferson Airplane, the Flying Burrito Brothers and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young also appear in 26 minutes of home video at event that marked end of hippy dream
January 2021
From sharehousing with AC/DC to comforting Sharon Osbourne: life as the world’s first female roadie
Tana Douglas found her calling in 1973. Before she was 21, she had worked with Carlos Santana, Neil Diamond, and Iggy Pop
September 2020
Sheila E: 'I'm mad that Prince isn't here any more'
Following childhood abuse, music saved the musician’s life – and led to a creative and romantic partnership with Prince. Now she’s passing on her skills and beating the drum for Biden
September 2016
The month in memes
In the contest of memes, the Olympics takes the gold
Funny faces, astonishing athleticism and all-round doofus Ryan Lochte have made sure it’s been a month rich in retweets
July 2016
This much I know
Carlos Santana: ‘You can get high on what’s within you’
The musician, 68, on Woodstock, being discriminated against at school and making people cry with one note
July 2015
Santana review – defiantly contemporary Latin fusion
O2 Arena, LondonCarlos Santana proves his brand of Latin-jazz-rock is still going strong in a joyous jigsaw of party tunes
December 2014
My family values
Carlos Santana: my family values
The musician talks about his charismatic father and how being abused by a friend of his parents led to a long estrangement from his mother
November 2014
30 minutes with …
Clive Davis: ‘Janis Joplin thought sleeping with me would make things seem less corporate’
The veteran record producer talks about his key collaborations with Aretha Franklin, Whitney Houston, Bruce Springsteen and Alicia Keys – and his regrets for those he never signed
August 2014
Joan Baez - in pictures
For more than half a century, Joan Baez has been music’s most outspoken activist. Ahead of her European tour we look back on a life of performance and protest
July 2013
Nicola Jennings's caricatures
Carlos Santana
Nicola Jennings
Musician
October 2012
Watch Eric Clapton, Bobby Bland and more talk about BB King
BB King: The Life of Riley – film trailer
September 2012
30 minutes with …
Carlos Santana: 'My daughter beat me at Guitar Hero'
Carlos Santana to publish memoir
June 2011
A history of jazz
Pat Metheny and Carlos Santana play Live Aid
13 July 1985: Number 42 in our series of the 50 key events in the history of dance music
April 2004
This much I know
This much I know
Carlos Santana, musician
February 2000
Return of the hippie
Have moustache, will travel: Santana through the ages
